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Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough.

~Anne Rice

Topics: Admired Dickens Enough Everyone He Him His Moment Now Right Spoken Think Time Underrated Very Writer I Think

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If you look at Charles Dickens's time, there were so many different levels of society and everybody understood their place in it, it was that complex and simple. I'm not sure we have that now.

~Anthony Horowitz

Topics: Charles Complex Dickens Different Different Levels Everybody Levels Look Many Now Place Simple Society Sure Time Understood Were You

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Not until somebody turns round and says, 'Art, how do you fancy playing Charles Dickens? How do you fancy playing Prince Charles in this biopic?' Until those movements come, then no, we haven't got past anything.

~Art Malik

Topics: Anything Art Charles Charles Dickens Come Dickens Fancy Got How Movements Past Playing Prince Round Says Somebody Then Those Turns Until You

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I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Because Dickens Home Literature London Me Shakespeare

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I think that with Bob Dylan around, we're living in an era where we have Whitman presenting new work, we have Dickens presenting new work, we have Yeats and Shakespeare presenting new work. It's that level.

~Benmont Tench

Topics: Around Bob Bob Dylan Dickens Dylan Era Level Living New Presenting Shakespeare Think Where Work I Think

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I was brought up on Dickens. I remember reading 'Bleak House' but, coming back to it, I didn't remember much about it apart from a few characters.

~Burn Gorman

Topics: About Apart Back Bleak Brought Characters Coming Dickens Few House Much Reading Remember Up I Remember

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A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.

~Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Topics: Any Books Dickens Genius Genre King Many Modern-Day Popular Stephen King Storytelling Voice Wonderful Written

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I am greatly impressed with the BBC's TV adaption of Charles Dickens' 'Bleak House.' The costumes, the sets, the acting and the screenplay are all superb. Every episode is riveting.

~Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Topics: Acting Am Bleak Charles Charles Dickens Costumes Dickens Episode Every Greatly House Impressed Screenplay Sets Superb Tv I Am Bbc

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Many books have mattered enormously to my life and work. 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens would be one of several contenders for 'most influential.' I first read it at 13 and have reread it dozens of times since.

~Cheryl Mendelson

Topics: Books Charles Charles Dickens David Dickens Dozens First Influential Life Many Mattered Most My Life Read Several Since Times Work Would

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From Dickens's cockneys to Salinger's phonies, from Kerouac's beatniks to Cheech and Chong's freaks, and on to hip hop's homies, dialect has always been used as a way for generations to distinguish themselves.

~Christopher Moore

Topics: Always Beatnik Been Dialect Dickens Distinguish Freaks Generations Hip Hop Themselves Used Way

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